Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 5393, Lemuel Field, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Field, Lemuel
S 5393
CONTENTS
Carded.

Massachusetts
General Title
Belcher in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Norton of the 8th Regiment Vol. Org. En't in the Mass. for 2 Years
Cost 9 Stals
Enrolled on the Roll of Mass. Pensions at the rate of 8 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 1st day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of July 1833 and Mrs. Mark Gorlettis Bethlehem Mass.
Arrears to the 1st of March 1833 $100.00 Sem-ant. allowance ending Sept. 1833 40.00 $140.00
Revolutionary Claim, 7 Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. H. Anderson Clerk Book 2 Vol. 20 Page 25
84 handwritten notes

5884 Samuel Field
Finch 2 mrs
14 ob. April 3 rd 1835
S. 321
Mark Rootlitt Blecherstown Mass

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Field of Belcherstown in the State of Mass.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 83 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 75 " — 8 — " Private Gen. Capt. Turner   76 " — 10 — " " Capt. Winton C. Sargent   See 1 st 80 2 — 4 — " " Capt. Burback  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Braintree  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Strongly supported  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Witnesses certified as credible 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
N. D. D. D. D. Examining Clerk.

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DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this fifteenth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before Samuel Hinckley Judge of the court of Probate now sitting, Samuel Field a resident of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. Very soon after the battle of Lexington I enlisted in Plato Mops in the war of the Revolution for eight months & served out my time at a place then called Germantown in Massachusetts about nine miles from Boston in the company of Captain Sumner, & Lieut Baxter. Soon after I was released from this service I again enlisted for twelve months in the company of Capt John Vinton, Silas Hollis was first Lieut. & Ichabod Hoopbrook second Lieut & Ensign Hartshorn in the Regiment of Col Sargeant, & Lt Col Jackson & I served at Cambridge part & in Boston & at Bunkerhill & on Castle Island when I was in 1776 & on the eighth day of the same July we were ordered to New York where we, that is most of our regiment went, we passed New London in our way to New York, we were soon driven from New York by the British & we retreated to West Chester near Kings-bridge near New York, where I remained till some time in fall I think in October, I was taken sick & went into the Hospital & was there about a fortnight, after which I attempted to do duty again but found myself not able & again went into the Hospital a little while my health continuing very poor, & I being relieved Genl Sullivan gave me a discharge in the month of November for the rest of my time of my enlistment. I again enlisted in the war of the Revolution about the first of December seventeen hundred & eighty for three years, I served at Castle William near Boston two years & four months towards the three years & then hired a man to take my place Capt Burback was the captain of the castle Lieut Samuel Great was Lieut. & Mr Hinckley chief gunner. I then lived at Braintree about ten miles from Boston, the place is now Quincy & I removed to Belchertown about forty three years ago.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of Massachusetts
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate for said County
We, Wright Bridgman & Phoebe Bridgman residing in the town of Belchertown and hereby certify, that we are

a little over my reason - and a discharge. in the reduced Genl Sullivan gave me a discharge in the month of November for the rest of my time of my enlistment. I again enlisted in the War of the Revolution about the first of December nineteen hundred & eighty for three years, I served at Castle William near Boston two years & four months towards the three years & then hired a man to take my place Capt Burback was the captain of the castle Lieut Samuel Great was Lieut. & Mr Hinckley chief gunner. I then lived at Braintree about two miles from Boston, the place is now Quincy - I removed to Belchertown about forty five years ago.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of Massachusetts
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Samuel H. Wiley Judge of Probate for said County
We, Wright Bridgman & Theodore Bridgman residing in the town of Belchertown and hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Field - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel H. Wiley Judge of Probate Wright Bridgman Theodore Bridgman
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in Belchertown and that Theodore Bridgman who has also signed the same, is a resident in Belchertown and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel H. Wiley Judge of Probate
I, Sam F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Field for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Sam F. Lyman Register

Rev. May
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Rev.
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File No. 5393
Leamuel Field
Private Mass. Vols.
Act: June 1 st 1832
Index:—Vol. M , Page 124
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5887 Samuel Field
Mark Wolcott Seleharn M.W.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Held which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Moses Whitcomb Aftt for Linus Field

I Moses Whitcomb of Randolph in the county of Norfolk (and commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age, do testify and say, that Lemuel Field of Belcher town in the county of Hampshire (and commonwealth of said), served as a soldier in the war of the revolution in the state of Massachusetts on Castle William in Boston harbor, in the year from December first seventeen hundred & eighty, two years and upwards, in the state service, under the general command of Gov. Hancock & the particular command of Capt William Burke - Lieut Samuel Treat & William Kennebec ship gunner during all of which time I the said Moses Whitcomb served in the same company with the said Lemuel Field and further deponent saith not Moses Whitcomb
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss. July 25 th 1832 Then personally appeared Moses Whitcomb subscriber to the above affidavit & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Silas Paine Jr Justice of the Peace
I the said Silas Paine Jr do hereby certify that the above named deponent is a person of credibility - Silas Paine Jr Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk ss.
I Jairus Ward Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for the County of Norfolk hereby certify that Elias Dane Esquire within named is a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid duly appointed by the Executive Authority of said Commonwealth Commissioned and sworn. and that His signature to the Certificate within I believe to be genuine and true.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the said Commonwealth at Dedham in the County aforesaid this twenty sixth day of July A D one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Jairus Ward.